Erik Jones Qualified 28th At Darlington For Sunday

One expected a better qualifying effort from Erik Jones. The Legacy Motor Club driver will begin 28th from Darlington on Sunday afternoon. Jones normally runs great here and he surprised the experts last year as he outlasted Joey Logano among others to win in September. He came from starting 15th, led 23 laps and found […]

Joey Logano Tries To Replicate 2022 At Darlington

Joey Logano enjoyed Darlington last year at Team Penske. Logano and his No. 22 car won in May and finished fourth in September. He led a combined 171 laps as Ford seemed to run well late. That was especially true in the Spring race. That was where Logano just seemed to pick up tenths of […]

Kevin Harvick Begins 20th From Darlington Sunday

Kevin Harvick has not qualified well at Darlington the past three occasions. On Sunday, the Stewart-Haas Ford will starts from the 20th position. Harvick was 35th last May when he jumped the field late finishing fourth. His first race at Darlington with SHR saw him lead 238 laps and win in 2014. Nine years later […]

Denny Hamlin Starts Eighth For Goodyear 400

Denny Hamlin had some nice qualifying runs and a solid practice on Saturday. Hamlin and his Joe Gibbs Racing car will start eighth at Darlington. Hamlin enjoys the best average finishing position of all drivers since 2020 at 6.9. That includes five top-five results and two victories. Considering how many "big ones" happen at Darlington, […]

Daniel Suarez Could Use A Good Result At Darlington

Daniel Suarez has had a bit of a rough year for Trackhouse Racing. However, he did qualify sixth at Darlington for Sunday. The good news for the No. 99 car is that he has been right around the top ten the past three races in South Carolina. Suarez has raced pretty good on the track […]

Ross Chastain Could Contend At Darlington On Sunday

Ross Chastain put himself in a good position for Sunday's Goodyear 400. The Trackhouse Racing driver qualified fifth a mere 0.227 seconds off from the time of Martin Truex Jr. Chastain loves the hard racing that Darlington offers. The No. 1 car was near the lead for most of the first two stages last May. […]

William Byron Can Lead Laps At Darlington Sunday

William Byron and his Hendrick Motorsports Chevy loves being out front. The last two appearances at Darlington have seen Byron lead a total of 74 laps. He can run well out front and has some solid longer run speed. Some strategy hurt his chances last year as he fell to 13th and 8th in the […]

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Starts Sunday Third At Darlington

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. likes to throw out some surprises and Saturday was no exception. Stenhouse Jr. qualified for the Goodyear 400 third. It makes one wonder if last May was an outlier? That race saw the JTG Daugherty Racing driver come from 26th to finish eighth. It was his last stage that surprised many. Top […]

Martin Truex Jr. Takes The Pole For Sunday At Darlington

Martin Truex Jr. likes his Toyota setup for Darlington this weekend. That was obvious from his qualifying effort on Saturday. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver snagged the pole for Sunday's race just ahead of Bubba Wallace by 0.012 seconds. Truex Jr. is capable of racking up laps led (24.5% over the past seven races). He […]

Dylan Wu Pretty Consistent As Byron Nelson Looms

While Dylan Wu has had only one top-10 result (Honda Classic) in 2023, the American golfer has been pretty consistent. He has made 10 cuts in 13 tournaments this calendar year and has back-to-back top-25 results (15th and 21st). Wu does not drive the ball long at only 296.5 yards (117th on tour). However, he […]

S.H. Kim Tries To Rebound After Rough Week

S.H. Kim tries to rebound after missing the cut at the Wells Fargo. The South Korean golfer opened with a 70 but faltered with a 76 on Friday. Kim can make some putts as he showed in Round 3 of the Zurich Classic. However, he has not truly contended since October when he finished tied […]

Davis Riley Came Back To Reality Last Week

Davis Riley had an unbelievable run of shot-making and putting as he won at the Zurich Classic. Last week at the Wells Fargo, that streak ran cold. The American golfer opened with a 78 and could not recover as he missed the cut. That was the same result as Riley had at the RBC Heritage […]

Aaron Wise Wants To Turn Back The Clock This Week

Aaron Wise has had a rough 2022-23 season. The American golfer has missed four cuts in his last five appearances in stroke play tournaments. However, Wise did win the Byron Nelson back in 2018 by three strokes over Marc Leishman. It seems like a lifetime ago. Wise's last top-ten result was last October at the […]

Matt Kuchar Has Been Getting Results Lately

Matt Kuchar has not won a tournament in over four years. However, the American golfer has three consecutive top-25 results. That included a tied for 23rd at the Wells Fargo last week. The 44-year-old bookended 72's with a 67 and 68 in the middle rounds. He is one of those players that can hit long […]

Tyrrell Hatton Looks To Keep Momentum Rolling

Tyrrell Hatton looked quite good last week at the Wells Fargo Championship. He was right in contention for most of the 72 holes. The Englishman nearly finished solo in third but bogeyed hole number 72. He was inches from having all four rounds in the 60's. It was the showing he needed after that 66 […]

Ryan Preece Not Expecting Much At Kansas

Ryan Preece has raced four times at Kansas and has finished no higher than 21st. The Stewart-Haas Racing Ford begins this Sunday from the 28th position. Intermediate track racing has not been the strong suit of Preece. His No. 41 car was 0.835 seconds slower in qualifying compared to William Byron. Preece also has two […]

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Might Try To Surprise Everyone Again?

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. surprised everyone at Kansas last year. He started 36th in the JTG Daugherty Racing car. No one expected anything. Stenhouse Jr. led a few laps in the early portions of the race but it was his seventh place total speed interval at the end which floored experts and fans alike. His No. […]

Austin Cindric Bit Slower Than Other Team Penske Drivers

Austin Cindric did qualify 15th for the race at Kansas. However, that was a good bit slower than Ryan Blaney (10th) and Joey Logano (6th). Cindric was 0.37 seconds off the qualifying mark set by William Byron and a quarter of a second off Logano. The Team Penske Ford driver has had a rough season […]

Noah Gragson Starts 22nd For Kansas On Sunday

Noah Gragson and his Legacy Motor Club car start the AdventHealth 400 from the 22nd position on Sunday. Gragson was a solid 18th in his two previous starts in the Kaulig Racing car last year. He had a solid +10 place differential each time as well. Gragson is a nice top-20 possibility in the Chevy […]

Brad Keselowski In Middle Of Pack To Begin At Kansas

Brad Keselowski starts the Kansas race on Sunday from the 20th position. The RFK Racing Ford has enjoyed a better 2023 after what was a nightmarish 2022. Will we see some of the old Team Penske form from Keselowski on Sunday? That is the unknown. Considering in terms of relative speed, Keselowski is on the […]

Kevin Harvick Top Stewart-Haas Qualifier For Kansas

Kevin Harvick will start the Kansas race from the 13th position on Sunday. Harvick enjoyed such a string of results going into 2022 here on the intermediate track. Four consecutive top five finishes got clouded by a 15th and 36th in 2022. Accidents and pit stop blunders impacted the Kansas season for Harvick. His Stewart-Haas […]

Chris Buescher Starts 14th At Kansas Speedway Sunday

Chris Buescher has had an interesting time of it at Kansas. The RFK Racing driver starts 14th at Kansas on Sunday with some very mixed results the past few Spring races. In 2022, there was that 27th where the No. 17 Ford never got going. However, he led 13 laps and ended up eighth in […]

Aric Almirola Not Expecting Much At Kansas

Aric Almirola's best days at Kansas are likely behind him. The Stewart-Haas Racing driver qualified 18th for Sunday's race and has not had a top 20 result in three seasons. The past four races have seen finishes of 21st, 26th, 26th, and 29th. Almirola has not had any top-ten stage results and that included a […]

Austin Dillon Needs A Result At Kansas

Austin Dillon qualified 11th for Sunday's race at Kansas. The Richard Childress Racing driver has not had the 2023 some expected for him. Dillon has remarkable consistency on the 1.5-mile track here at Kansas Speedway. He has finished between 10th and 15th in 12 of the past 14 appearances. He did have top ten late-run […]

Erik Jones Trying To Erase Awful Start To 2023

Erik Jones and his Legacy Motor Club car have endured a nightmare start to the 2023 season. Little has gone right. Furthermore, he starts 19th from Kansas on Sunday and to top things off, Jones has not had a result the past few years on the intermediate track. There was that run in the Joe […]

Kyle Busch Has Question Marks Heading Into Kansas

Kyle Busch and his Richard Childress Racing car have work to do for Sunday at Kansas. He starts 16th in the No. 8 car. Despite some outstanding results the past two Springs, that was in the Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. Busch led a combined 38 laps and snagged the win in 2021. His consistent stage […]

Daniel Suarez Solid Qualifying Result At Kansas

Daniel Suarez joined the Trackhouse Racing party with a solid ninth place qualifying effort on Saturday evening. Kansas has been more kind to Suarez and his No. 99 Chevy in the Fall. He had a tenth place results last time around and even led eight laps. Suarez does have three top-15 results in his past […]

Christopher Bell In The Mix At Kansas

Christopher Bell qualified only 12th for the AdventHealth 400 on Sunday afternoon. However, the two races showed last year how good Bell is on intermediate tracks. If the Toyota car had been a little faster in long runs, the No. 20 may have won one of those races. He has steadily improved his results in […]

Chase Elliott Begins 21st On Sunday At Kansas

Qualifying did not go well for Chase Elliott and his Hendrick Motorsports Racing car on Saturday. As a result, he starts 21st on Sunday for the AdventHealth 400. Elliott's usually running very well especially early. He has a slew of top-ten stage results over the past five years. Elliott has not finished worse than sixth […]

Ryan Blaney Keeps Searching For A Win

Ryan Blaney thought he had the win at Dover last week but settled for third. The Team Penske driver and his No. 12 Ford was fast enough but could not negotiate the field in the final laps. Blaney qualified tenth for Kansas and he did show some early speed at Kansas last year. He finished […]